i would save for the 7900 Gto... if you can... and pair it with the Core 2.
Thing is the Ram and CPU in the Allendale Rig just totally destroy the opty setup... the 7600 would be a huge bottleneck
The Opty is outdone CPU to CPU by the Allendale 110% PLus this Core 2 setup is totally future proof!
Also you can get a Tsunami for cheap on ebay, and put the whole thing together like this:

i was sixteen once... lol now i work 4 days a week and study Structural engineering... enjoy it while you can...
that said i can also drink !
hmm mabye sell something?
Christmas/Birthday?
sell some old skates or skis or something that's what i did when i ran outa money a few months ago... it wasn't pretty!

Well if you cant afford a Conroe system as it can be rather expensive as motherbaords are pricey and so are things such as DDR2 RAM have you not thought of perhaps a Dual core AMD and then you can keep your current RAM. Perhaps an X2 or Opteron will serve you well. Conroe isnt exactly a must have. I would have to say an Opteron 165 is a great buy.

To me, this seems like an overkill for your grandparents pc (unless they are heavy gamers which I....doubt). Why are you building them such a good pc if all they will be doing is using email, internet, word and at a stretch solitaire

Forgive me if I misread your first post but that is how I see things...

To me, this seems like an overkill for your grandparents pc (unless they are heavy gamers which I....doubt). Why are you building them such a good pc if all they will be doing is using email, internet, word and at a stretch solitaire

Forgive me if I misread your first post but that is how I see things...

Lol wow, really sorry for my bad wording... I'm basically giving them my current comp in my specs, minus the parts unecessary for what they do(a rage 128 instead of a x1600, a 20gb hdd, the 512mbs of ram in the spec, etc)
I'll be sure to edit that....

Lol wow, really sorry for my bad wording... I'm basically giving them my current comp in my specs, minus the parts unecessary for what they do(a rage 128 instead of a x1600, a 20gb hdd, the 512mbs of ram in the spec, etc)
I'll be sure to edit that....